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Erin Hawley, lead attorney for Alliance Defending Freedom, takes questions from the media following a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 17, 2023 . Three 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges heard two hours of arguments in the case Wednesday afternoon. At issue are the Food and Drug Administration's initial approval of mifepristone in 2000, and FDA actions making the drug more accessible in later years. The judges won't rule immediately. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)

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Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,05/16/23-11:14PM , 304 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers seeking to preserve pregnant women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion got pushback Wednesday from appellate judges with a history of supporting abortion restrictions.
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Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, Jan. 24, 2023. Lawyers for Tesla are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that Musk unlawfully threatened employees with a loss of stock options in a 2018 Twitter post amid a union organizing effort. (AP Photo/Benjamin Fanjoy, File)

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Tesla lawyers want court to reconsider Musk tweet deemed 'threat' amid labor dispute
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,05/16/23-1:48PM , 190 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for Tesla have asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened employees with a loss of stock options in a 2018 Twitter post amid a union organizing effort.
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Then-Mississippi state Rep. Cory Wilson, R-Madison, discusses a transportation issue during a House Transportation Committee meeting at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Feb. 17, 2016. Three conservative appeals court judges, including Wilson, with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion will hear arguments Wednesday, May 17, 2023, on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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3 judges who chipped away abortion rights to hear federal abortion pill appeal
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,05/15/23-11:04PM , 208 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Three conservative appeals court judges, each with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, will hear arguments May 17 on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available.
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The healthcare.gov website is seen on Dec. 14, 2021, in Fort Washington, Md. A federal judge's ruling striking down a part of the Affordable Care Act requiring most insurers to cover preventive care including vaccines and screenings for cancer, diabetes and HIV was temporarily put on hold Monday, May 15, 2023, by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Court order that could end US health law’s preventative care mandate put on hold
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,05/15/23-5:43PM , 150 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans temporarily put on hold Monday a federal judge's ruling striking down a part of the Affordable Care Act that requires most insurers to cover preventative care including va
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